Today Texas Instruments announced it would “shift its wireless investment focus from products like smartphones to a broader market including industrial clients like carmakers,” a move that sent their shares down 3 percent. TI said they would continue to support their current customers, but they will not invest in supporting its customers future roadmap for tablets and smartphones to the same degree as before.

“TI made it very clear they no longer want to be in the business of providing application processors for smartphones or tablets,” said Longbow Research analyst JoAnne Feeney. “What remains uncertain is for how long they’ll support customers.”

This move likely means we will not be seeing Android devices based on TI’s upcoming OMAP5. This dual-core Cortex-A15 chip was slated to launch early next year, but we don’t see many manufacturers going forward with the platform if TI will not support it long term.

OMAP4 was featured in some pretty high profile devices like the Motorola Droid, Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Amazon Kindle Fire tablets, but TI was facing increased competition from many larger companies. Executives from TI said they were looking for a more stable line of business, and the mobile application processor business is very hits driven. If OMAP5 was having trouble racking up design wins, it could have accelerated TI’s decision to focus on other investments.

We are all for competition among the mobile semiconductor companies, so we will be sad to see TI moving on. At least we still have Qualcomm, Samsung, NVIDIA and now Intel to keep things exciting.

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Yeah what ever happened to the 5250 model chip? There was a rumor that it was going to be used in the GSIII, which came out months ago, and it seems like it’s fallen off the radar since then. Taylor? Any juicy tidbits?

Thank you for posting the link. The more people know about this the better. Only when there is a public outcry will Samsung change its ways.

If I remember correctly, there is talk the next Exynos will have LTE on board. Which means that future Samsung devices will be harder to ROM for. I am sure Samsung would much prefer to go with the in-house chip rather than outsourcing to Qcom.

Sad but I guess I saw it coming. You had Qualcomm, Nvidia, Samsung and TI all making processors for Android phones, there’s only so many devices to go around. Well their shares dropped 3% so you can see the investors were a bit concerned. I don’t think they should pull out of the race completely but diverting some resources into other markets may not be a bad idea.

Somewhat surprising, and disappointing to here. The OMAP line was extremely solid and competitive. Quite a few ppl were looking forward to seeing how the OMAP5 panned out. Here’s hoping someone steps in to fill the void (looking at you, Intel) to keep Samsung and Qualcomm on their toes.

This isn’t really surprising. When it comes to performance lately all you hear about was Samsung, Apple, Tegra, and others. But you never really heard of OMAP. In the early days of Android you did but not as of lately. They honestly slipped away from the comp. I wish them luck in what they move to next but it’s not a surprise.

Just throwing this out there just a guess maybe apple bought full production from them for future ipod iphone ipad so they can kick samscum to the curve. Just a possibility apple designs there stuff just need someone to make it.

Yeah what ever happened to the 5250 model chip? There was a rumor that it was going to be used in the GSIII, which came out months ago, and it seems like it’s fallen off the radar since then. Taylor? Any juicy tidbits?

Thank you for posting the link. The more people know about this the better. Only when there is a public outcry will Samsung change its ways.

If I remember correctly, there is talk the next Exynos will have LTE on board. Which means that future Samsung devices will be harder to ROM for. I am sure Samsung would much prefer to go with the in-house chip rather than outsourcing to Qcom.

Sad but I guess I saw it coming. You had Qualcomm, Nvidia, Samsung and TI all making processors for Android phones, there’s only so many devices to go around. Well their shares dropped 3% so you can see the investors were a bit concerned. I don’t think they should pull out of the race completely but diverting some resources into other markets may not be a bad idea.

Somewhat surprising, and disappointing to here. The OMAP line was extremely solid and competitive. Quite a few ppl were looking forward to seeing how the OMAP5 panned out. Here’s hoping someone steps in to fill the void (looking at you, Intel) to keep Samsung and Qualcomm on their toes.

This isn’t really surprising. When it comes to performance lately all you hear about was Samsung, Apple, Tegra, and others. But you never really heard of OMAP. In the early days of Android you did but not as of lately. They honestly slipped away from the comp. I wish them luck in what they move to next but it’s not a surprise.

Just throwing this out there just a guess maybe apple bought full production from them for future ipod iphone ipad so they can kick samscum to the curve. Just a possibility apple designs there stuff just need someone to make it.